Word Parts
peri-
What is around?
Organ that destroys old RBCs
What is the spleen?
Ultrasonography wave type
What are sound waves?
Labored breathing
What is Dyspnea?
Med term for whooping cough
What is pertussis?
cardi/o
What is heart?
The glands that release stress hormones
What is adrenal glands?
Tapping the body to assess tissue density
What is percussion?
Meaning of black tarry stool
What is digested blood?
Med term for Chickenpox
What is Varicella?
-megaly
What means enlargement?
Cavity that houses heart and lungs
What is thoracic cavity?
suffix means to visually examine
Progressive liver degeneration
What is cirrhosis?
Med term for runny nose
What is Rhinorrhea?
cyan/o
What is blue?
The system MS affects
What is the nervous system?
Prediction of disease outcome
What is prognosis?
Tissue swelling due to poor lymphatic drainage
What is lymphedema?
Med term for hiccups
What is Singultus?
-algia and -dynia
What word parts mean pain?
nephr/o
What means kidney?
Study of disease causes
What is etiology?
A severe infection/blood poisoning
What is sepsis?
The heart rhythm with highest fatality risk
What is ventricular fibrillation?